SPRINGFIELD — If you want your kid to be the next Jimi Hendrix, you wouldn’t dare think of giving him several tabs of acid, 20 milligrams of amphetamines and a horde of groupies with loose morals. So ...

One of the best things about making music is that it’s so easy to do. There are countless ways to make interesting sounds out of nearly anything if you’re willing to experiment a little bit — just ask ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald ...

Ever played a cigar box guitar? The customarily homemade instrument follows the design of a regular guitar. But they traditionally use a cigar box as the resonator. Of course, creative musicians who ...

LOS ANGELES — The pages of newspapers, or history books for that matter, don’t runneth over with stories of happy accidents involving chain saws. But that’s just what put Philadelphia musicians Lucy ...

Back when cigars were plentiful and money was not — especially during the Civil War, for example, or the Great Depression — some musicians decided to work with what they had close at hand and built ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

The pages of newspapers, or history books for that matter, don’t runneth over with stories of happy accidents involving chainsaws. But that’s just what put Philadelphia musicians Lucy Tight and Wayne ...

For three years, Archie Storey had been on a steady diet of Mississippi blues and was looking for a way into the music. The longtime BeBop Records employee listened to the blues constantly and ...

Mike Snowden plays bluesy rock as a one-man band. But he’s not playing a Gibson Les Paul or a Fender Stratocaster – his music comes from a guitar he built from an empty cigar box. “If I met you on the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 19th annual ...